GLEF magazine “edutopia” bills has the tagline now of “What Works in Public Education” but is the publication headed in the right direction? Some contend that the publication is light on content and heavy on advertising; others say it is a nice resource and is offered free to educators. Show notes: I think some of…
One approach to staff development as we consider how to teach (not so much train) teachers Moodle. Show notes:Most of the information for this podcast is from a outline of a proposal I did about a year ago. It needs to be tweaked and all, so feel welcome in using all or part or none…
Top of the show recommendations:This week, I’m sharing stuff I like around the home The Week (best digest of all that is happening in one publication) Senseo Coffee maker (no mess and a consistent cup of coffee… every time) FlipVideo camera (small, convenient and decent output) Roomba (it really works and it’s sort of fun)…
Shelf StuffGoodReads.comI noticed at our school corp year-end celebration that many of the retirees said that they’d now have more time to read and it seems as teachers, we like to read more. Nice layout, easy to use and great connection with other readers you know and perhaps meet. You can start your own reading…
It’s _the_ bottom-line question for a teacher: “How do I know that my student has learned?” Moodle has a wide-variety of ways to assess student learning and we’ll take a look at a few of those ways. Show Notes:Tools for memory work: jMemorize (an opensource, java-based flashcard system based on timed-intervals) StudyStack (a free flashcard…
This week, we talked about the idea of should a computer be merely a tool or can it actually teach our students? I got to talk with “Central Florida” about her experience with educational software with her special needs student. I also relate a conversation that I had with someone who works with a popular…
Episode Notes: Is there value in treading on the “kids” territory of IMing? Information overload with so many voices and the same time? Sites mentioned in the top of the cast: LinkedIN (a networking site for business professionals) FriendFeed (follow what content your “friends” are generating) Chess.com (an example of a social networking site done…
Some educators blame Wikipedia (and often use it as a curse word) for bad student writing. Maybe we should look at why Wikipedia is good and perhaps we should assign better papers. Opening quote: The education world has pursued new technology with an almost evangelical zeal and it is time to take a step back…
Episode Notes: First podcast about a talk I gave to 6 people in Indianapolis: “Those Who Can’t, Moodle.” (Here’s the post I based the talk on: http://www.bashinged.com/2008/01/those-who-cant-moodle-avoiding-napoleon.html Listen Next Week’s Podcast info:Title: EPISODE2 – Don’t Blame Wikipedia for bad papersTime: 02/24/2008 07:20 PM ESTEpisode Notes: Some educators blame Wikipedia (and often use it as a…